patient

A2 Topic:Describing People

US /ˈpeɪʃənt/ See IPA manual

adj noun Freq #1114

Meanings

1

adj
Able to stay calm and wait without getting annoyed.

Be patient: your friends will arrive in a few hours.
2

noun
A person who is receiving medical treatment from a doctor, nurse, or hospital.

The doctor sees about thirty patients every day.

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Synonyms

1 adj · able to stay calm and wait... composed forbearing

Opposites

macrophobic

Word family

Forms patients

Derived forms copatientcyberpatientinpatientinterpatientintrapatientnonpatientomnipatientoutpatientoverpatientpatientcarepatienthoodpatientive

Related forms passion passionate passive passivity patience

Etymology

From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”).

*peh₁- Proto-Indo-European pacient Middle English patient Middle French patiens Latin

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Describing People Health & Medicine

# patient

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** ˈpeɪʃənt
**Frequency rank:** 1114

## Meanings
1. Able to stay calm and wait without getting annoyed.
2. A person who is receiving medical treatment from a doctor, nurse, or hospital.

## Examples
- Be patient: your friends will arrive in a few hours.
- The doctor sees about thirty patients every day.

## Antonyms
- macrophobic

## Derived Forms
- copatient
- cyberpatient
- inpatient
- interpatient
- intrapatient
- nonpatient
- omnipatient
- outpatient
- overpatient
- patientcare
- patienthood
- patientive

## Related Forms
- passion
- passionate
- passive
- passivity
- patience

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *peh₁-
- Root: pacient
- Root: patient
- Root: patiens

## Etymology
From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”).

## AI Etymology
Patient comes from Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”). Modern senses include able to stay calm and wait without getting annoyed and a person who is receiving medical treatment from a doctor, nurse, or hospital. The wider word family includes derivatives such as copatient, cyberpatient, inpatient, interpatient, intrapatient, and nonpatient and related forms such as passion, passionate, passive, and passivity.

## Topics
- Describing People
- Health & Medicine

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